I am building a Solar system for a barn to provide power for network
gear: camera to watch animals, lights, and occasional small AC tool
use with an inverter.
Previously, I had set up a single 30W panel on a chicken coop with a small
battery and PWM SCC to run LED lights to keep the chickens laying
further into the fall.
To mount this 30W solar panel, I used a tilt mount with the base of the
tilt mount vertically mounted on the side of the chicken coop and the panel
tilted upwards on the arm with optimal angle set for the sun (the wall of the
coop is on the south side (and I am in the Northern hemisphere).
This mount worked well.
I am now buildng a more complete system for the barn proper, as stated above.
The barn also has a south wall where I want to mount the panels.
I will have 4 400W panels.
I investigated doing the same thing, with tilt mounts vertically mounted to
the side of the barn and the panels tilted upwards from vertical to the proper
angle.
But 400W solar panels are 50lbs or there about. What I can find is something like this
But any of these I find seem to be rated by the wattage of the panel they recommend,
(including this one) and I cannot find something that explicitly says it supports 400W panels.
I suspect that the size and weight of the panel correlates directly for the purpose of what these
mounts can handle.
So given the weight of a 400W panel and the fact that I am mounting the base vertically
and tilting the panel upwards, what are my options if not a tilt mount?
I have reasons not to mount them on the roof, hence I want to mount to the side of the barn
that faces directly south.
Any info would be appreciated, thank you.
gear: camera to watch animals, lights, and occasional small AC tool
use with an inverter.
Previously, I had set up a single 30W panel on a chicken coop with a small
battery and PWM SCC to run LED lights to keep the chickens laying
further into the fall.
To mount this 30W solar panel, I used a tilt mount with the base of the
tilt mount vertically mounted on the side of the chicken coop and the panel
tilted upwards on the arm with optimal angle set for the sun (the wall of the
coop is on the south side (and I am in the Northern hemisphere).
This mount worked well.
I am now buildng a more complete system for the barn proper, as stated above.
The barn also has a south wall where I want to mount the panels.
I will have 4 400W panels.
I investigated doing the same thing, with tilt mounts vertically mounted to
the side of the barn and the panels tilted upwards from vertical to the proper
angle.
But 400W solar panels are 50lbs or there about. What I can find is something like this
But any of these I find seem to be rated by the wattage of the panel they recommend,
(including this one) and I cannot find something that explicitly says it supports 400W panels.
I suspect that the size and weight of the panel correlates directly for the purpose of what these
mounts can handle.
So given the weight of a 400W panel and the fact that I am mounting the base vertically
and tilting the panel upwards, what are my options if not a tilt mount?
I have reasons not to mount them on the roof, hence I want to mount to the side of the barn
that faces directly south.
Any info would be appreciated, thank you.